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Mobile Giants Form Foundation to Develop Mobile Linux Platform

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2007 - 11:02am.

Newbury, England - A group of big names in the wireless industry, including Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone, have come together to form the LiMo Foundation, a non-profit that will work to jointly develop a Linux-based mobile platform.

tags: Mobile | NEC | Motorola | Panasonic | Samsung | Vodafone | NTT DoCoMo | Cellphones | Linux | LiMo |

NEC Solutions Introduces Digital Cinema Projector for Drive-in Theaters

Authored by dmw on May 17, 2006 - 3:58pm.
Burbank, Calif. - NEC Solutions America, the U.S. arm of the Japanese electronics firm, on Wednesday introduced its digital cinema projector for drive-in movie theaters. The NEC Starus NC2500S Digital Cinema projector, which uses DLP Cinema technology from Texas Instruments, will be demonstrated at an event for members of the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association.
tags: Video | Tech | Digital Cinema | Movies | NEC | Tech Launches | Theaters | Video Tech | TI |

Fujitsu, NEC Announce Release Details for Blu-ray, HD DVD PC's

Authored by dmw on April 11, 2006 - 1:20pm.
Tokyo - Japanese electronics firm Fujitsu announced on Tuesday that it will introduce its first PC's with Sony's next-generation Blu-ray Disc drives in June in Japan, becoming the first company to release a Blu-ray-compatible PC, Reuters reported. Fujitsu will also in June begin selling PC's equipped with rival HD DVD technology, developed by Toshiba. Fujitsu's Blu-ray PC, which comes with a 37-inch LCD screen, is expected to sell for about $5,000 in Japan. Sony plans to release its own VAIO PCs with Blu-ray Disc drives sometime in early summer. Meanwhile, fellow Japanese electronics firm NEC said on Tuesday that it will introduce its first HD DVD PCs in the fall of 2006, adding that it may also ship PCs with Blu-ray technology if demand exists.
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